Journal article
Sleep as a window on the sensorimotor foundations of the developing hippocampus
Hippocampus, Vol.32(2), pp.89-97
05/04/2021
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.23334
PMCID: PMC9118132
PMID: 33945190
Abstract
The hippocampal formation plays established roles in learning, memory, and related cognitive functions. Recent findings also suggest that the hippocampus integrates sensory feedback from self-generated movements to modulate ongoing motor responses in a changing environment. Such findings support the view of Bland and Oddie (Behavioural Brain Research, 2001, 127, 119-136) that the hippocampus is a site of sensorimotor integration. In further support of this view, we review neurophysiological evidence in developing rats that hippocampal function is built on a sensorimotor foundation and that this foundation is especially evident early in development. Moreover, at those ages when the hippocampus is first establishing functional connectivity with distant sensory and motor structures, that connectivity is preferentially expressed during periods of active (or REM) sleep. These findings reinforce the notion that sleep, as the predominant state of early infancy, provides a critical context for sensorimotor development, including development of the hippocampus and its associated network.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Sleep as a window on the sensorimotor foundations of the developing hippocampus
- Creators
- Carlos Del Rio-Bermudez - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USAMark S Blumberg - Iowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Hippocampus, Vol.32(2), pp.89-97
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1002/hipo.23334
- PMID
- 33945190
- PMCID
- PMC9118132
- ISSN
- 1050-9631
- eISSN
- 1098-1063
- Grant note
- R37-HD081168 / National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/04/2021
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Biology
- Record Identifier
- 9984071695002771
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